2023 Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand team

A crew of six has been confirmed for this year’s Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.

Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith, pictured in March in Masterton, where he won an eighth Golden Shears open shearing title, and a place at the World Championships in Scotland in June, hoping to regain a title he won in Ireland in 2014. Photo / Peter Nikolaison

Image 1 of 9: Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith, pictured in March in Masterton, where he won an eighth Golden Shears open shearing title, and a place at the World Championships in Scotland in June, hoping to regain a title he won in Ireland in 2014. Photo / Peter Nikolaison